The years are orderly, the four seasons change, through the warmth of spring, the enthusiasm of summer, the romance of autumn, gently, winter is coming.
Winter is more like the end of the world, the withering of the withering, the dormant of the dormant, the rest of the heavens and the earth, the sound of all things, the cold wind blowing, and even the moonlight is getting colder and colder.
The snow, covered the earth with a thick cotton veil, has become an elegant ink painting in the blink of an eye, and it is the most elegant blank space in the years.
In the middle of the night in winter, I boiled a pot of old white tea, watched the water slowly boil, and then smelled the fragrance of tea. The fragrance of tea soaked into the heart and spleen, and the inner anxiety seemed to dissipate with the rising mist, and the mood slowly calmed down.
In winter, boiling tea is perfect for you.
A pot, prepare water, throw tea, wait quietly for the water to boil, and then make soup and drink.
You don't have to leave your cold little hands exposed, and rely on the temperature of the bowl to get a little warmth.
In the free time of waiting, the free hands can do something else, read a book, write a few lines.
You can also look at the leaves that have been fermented over the years, slowly stretching in the water, and the water will be red, which is amazingly beautiful.
Nowadays, in addition to boiling tea, another emerging way of drinking tea has become popular.
That's it-Steamed tea.
The term steamed tea originally referred to a tea-making process.
The Book of Tea records: "There are seven processes in tea making, picking, steaming, pounding, patting, roasting, wearing, sealing, steaming but not pounding for loose tea, pounding but not patting for the end of tea." ”
In the process of tea making, steaming tea is an important process, the purpose of which is to make the leaves and stems of the tea soft, so as to press and form.
And when steaming tea becomes a way of drinking tea, it's not the same thing.
It can be understood from the literal meaning that steaming tea is to steam tea and drink it.
Many veteran tea drinkers scoff at this new approach, and many have not even heard of it.
Fresh things often take time to be accepted, and it takes time to settle down slowly.
But I have to admit that with the rise of steamed tea, many young tea lovers around me are eager to try, and tea steamers have been placed on the tea table.
Similar to tea brewers, tea steamers are mostly made of glass, which makes it easy to observe the changes in the color of the tea soup.
or steamed or boiled, the choice of tea is suitable for aged tea and old tea with high bubble resistance.
The difference is that the tea steamer has an extra tea drain for holding tea leaves and separating tea and water.
Through the steam to continuously infiltrate the tea leaves, and then condense into water droplets back into the pot, over and over again, the buds and leaves of the tea slowly stretch, the internal substances gradually precipitate, dripping into tea.
Boiling tea and steaming tea are both ways of drinking tea for lazy people, but they are substantially different.
Steaming tea is simpler as compared to boiling tea.
Factors such as the amount of tea, water temperature and soup time often affect the taste and flavor of tea soup, while steaming tea does not have much requirement.
Steamed tea has a stable taste, and boiled tea has a more layered feeling.
The steamed tea soup is more translucent, the taste and flavor are light and relatively stable, without too much fluctuation, and the intensity of the tea soup can be adjusted by injecting water and the amount of tea.
The boiled tea has a more layered sense, and each tea soup boiled out is varied, with rich layers, smooth and mellow entrance, and you can enjoy the charm of old tea.
The degree of endoplasmic release varies.
When boiling tea, the tea and water are integrated, and the tea leaves are completely soaked in water, and the contents are constantly precipitated.
Compared with boiled tea, the endoplasm release of steamed tea will be slightly weaker, and it is not as thorough as boiling water.
The time of steaming tea is also longer than boiling tea, otherwise the tea soup will be bland and tasteless.
If you can't wait, you can still brew tea or make tea, and you can drink a cup faster.
If you are busy and want to drink tea, you might as well steam a pot of tea, and when you are free, you can take a sip of hot tea at any time, and you don't have to worry about it being too strong.
In addition, because the steaming time is longer, the water vapor will evaporate a little, often when it comes to drinking, it is found that the tea soup has become less, if you drink with a few friends, the amount of water injected is more.
Although steaming tea is simpler and more convenient, I am still a little worried.
Tea originated in China, but the art of making tea is becoming more and more simplified.
Perhaps today's pace of life is more suitable, and it is impossible to make a conclusion whether it is good or bad.
And don't disturb yourself, just leave it to time to slowly precipitate, and what is left is suitable.
There is no reason to hold a bowl, send it to the tea lovers", I hope that the tea people in the world will treat tea sincerely, live up to the tea tree to break the cold and sprout, and live up to the craftsman to cast the tea soul for the leaves.